Student 2 - BAF

The second day of Bradford Animation Festival was upon us. Sitting in the familiar Pictureville cinema, I eagerly awaited for the day to start, with more student films. This is part of the programme given to us in our free welcome bag, listing all the names and details of the films and directors:

"The Odd Sound Out", "Rabbit and Deer", "The Shirley Temple", "The Magnificent Lion Boy", "Sockskewerstreet 8", "Miss Todd", and "Memoria".
It's interesting to see what students around the world are producing at a graduate level, and overall I have to say I was impressed with what I saw.

I particularly enjoyed two out of those titled above, this video is "The Odd Sound Out":



Directed by Ida Maria Schouw Andreasen and Pernille Sihm, this is about small bands of invisible creatures playing music to represent the moods of the characters. About one particular creature called Trootpout, who annoyed the other creatures in his group and got expelled from the band. After this he just wants to fit in, but his odd sound disrupts everyone.
I like the style the animators have used, 2D on the computer; as this helps to illustrate the different colours of each little band, and the story line is cute!

This one has to be my favourite though, "Rabbit and Deer".


A mixture of 2D and puppet animation describes the friendship of these two characters, living happily, until Deer discovers the 3D world...
It's lovely to see the interaction between the two characters, before and after Deer becomes a 3D puppet; that's just one of the elements that make this film entertaining to watch. It's just endearing to see how they interact with the weather conditions, and how they adjust to the new lifestyle they have to face, since Deer can't change back into a 2D character.